President Barack Obama speaks at campaign fundraiser at the Sheraton Hotel in New York, Nov. 30, 2011. (Photo: Doug Mills/The New York Times) The Democratic Party’s left …
Cairo - Several army soldiers slapped, punched and kicked Mona Seif, hitting her with wooden batons while they dragged her inside the Cabinet Building shortly after they raided Tahrir …
This winter has been unusually warm, crippling ski resorts, ruining holiday traditions, and dashing hopes of a white Christmas across the northern hemisphere. While the billions of tons of …
One of the most troubling legacies of 9/11 is the United States' decision to resort to torture to fight terrorism. Torture has tarnished the United States' reputation and undermined …
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta wants you to be scared. In a letter to Sens. Lindsey Graham and John McCain, Panetta warned that after possible cuts in the …
Princeton - Dudley Clendinen, a writer and journalist, has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a terminal degenerative illness. In The New York Times earlier this year, he wrote movingly both …
With the thousands of lives lost in Iraq, more US soldiers are dying of suicide then dying in battle. In 2010, 468 US troops committed suicide and an average …